NATIONAL PET PREPAREDNESS MONTH June is National Pet Preparedness Month. Here’s how to make sure your pets and livestock are ready for emergencies: For Pets: • Make an emergency plan for your pets. Practice what you’ll do if you need to leave quickly. • Check your pet’s emergency supplies. Replace old food, water, and medicine. • If you have to leave your home, bring your pets with you. Only leave them behind if you have no other choice. • Ask neighbors or friends to help with pets if you can’t get home. • During evacuation warnings, put collars and harnesses on your pets and keep them in a safe room so you can grab them quickly. • Find out which shelters or hotels allow pets before an emergency happens. • Make sure your pets have ID tags and updated microchips. Keep a copy of their vaccine records in your Go Bag. • Make a pet emergency kit: leash, carrier, food, water, medicine, sanitation supplies, ID, and a photo of your pet. • Never leave pets alone in cars or tied up outside. • If you must leave pets at home, leave plenty of food and water and put a sign on your door with the number and type of pets inside. • Pets may act differently after a disaster. Watch them closely. For Livestock: • If you get a level 2 evacuation warning, leave with your livestock right away. Start getting ready at level 1. • Post emergency contact numbers on barns or fences. Mark your phone number on your animals if you have to let them go. • Store extra feed in a different place in case you can’t get home. • Work with neighbors to make an evacuation plan. • Make a kit with halters, first aid, water, and papers that prove you own your animals. For more pet and livestock emergency tips, visit Lincoln County Emergency Management, Ready.gov, or Red Cross.